Born into a family of monsters who drove me to addiction and self-loathing, I, now a 61-year-old, have been sober since 11-16-2007. I am proud of that! Now, more than anything, I want people to see that a life beginning in unspeakable child abuse and domestic violence can heal and blossom into a happy and productive life.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

365 Days of Gratitude

Today, Tuesday, February 6, 2018. I am grateful for all of the feedback I get from my cousins who see my posts revealing the child abuse my mother and two older sisters pummelled me with. I do not know what my cousins, aunts, uncles, and relatives have been told about me or what they think they know about what really went on behind the closed doors of our demented and violent household.

It may be too heinous for them to think about.

But I do know that abusers will trash their victims to other people they know to blame their victim for the problems.

Because of that, the victim becomes the scapegoat, painted and portrayed as the root of all problems. Also, as the child victim acts out such as lying, angry outbursts, and more, the abusers accentuate those behaviors, as if to say the child is impossible, damaged, nothing she says can be believed.

That destroys the child's reputation in the eyes of anyone who will listen to them. And, more so if no one sits the child down to ask what is going on. The child is abandoned by the family, even though the family surrounds her.

Now, I am working hard to repair the damage done. My reputation in the eyes of my cousins, aunts, uncles, and relatives is finally being developed because now, the truth is coming out and they will see what monstrous hypocrites my abusers truly are. They will also see all of the hard work I have done and am doing to get better and help others like me.